Thurman Munson

Given Name: Thurman Lee
Born: 6/7/1947 in Akron, OH USA
Died: 8/2/1979 in Summit County, OH USA
Attended Kent State University 1967-1968
First Game: Friday August 8, 1969
Last Game: Wednesday August 1, 1979
Awards:
1970 - Rookie of the Year - AL
1973 - Gold Glove - AL (C)
1973 - TSN All-Star - AL (C)
1974 - Gold Glove - AL (C)
1974 - TSN All-Star - AL (C)
1975 - TSN All-Star - AL (C)
1975 - Gold Glove - AL (C)
1976 - Most Valuable Player - AL
1976 - TSN All-Star - AL (C)
1976 - TSN Player of the Year - AL



Thurman Munson's Batting Statistics

YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOAvgOBPSLGOPS
1969 NYA 26 86 6 22 1 2 1 30 9 0 1 10 10 .256 .330 .349 .679
1970 NYA 132 453 59 137 25 4 6 188 53 5 7 57 56 .302 .386 .415 .801
1971 NYA 125 451 71 113 15 4 10 166 42 6 5 52 65 .251 .335 .368 .703
1972 NYA 140 511 54 143 16 3 7 186 46 6 7 47 58 .280 .343 .364 .707
1973 NYA 147 519 80 156 29 4 20 253 74 4 6 48 64 .301 .362 .487 .849
1974 NYA 144 517 64 135 19 2 13 197 60 2 0 44 66 .261 .316 .381 .697
1975 NYA 157 597 83 190 24 3 12 256 102 3 2 45 52 .318 .366 .429 .795
1976 NYA 152 616 79 186 27 1 17 266 105 14 11 29 38 .302 .337 .432 .769
1977 NYA 149 595 85 183 28 5 18 275 100 5 6 39 55 .308 .351 .462 .813
1978 NYA 154 617 73 183 27 1 6 230 71 2 3 35 70 .297 .332 .373 .705
1979 NYA 97 382 42 110 18 3 3 143 39 1 2 32 37 .288 .340 .374 .714
Career 1423 5344 696 1558 229 32 113 2190 701 48 50 438 571 .292 .346 .410 .756
Max 157 617 85 190 29 5 20 275 105 14 11 57 70 .318 .386 .487 .849

Thurman Munson's World Series and Playoffs Batting Statistics

YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOIBBHBPSHSFGIDPAvgOBPSLGOPS
1976 ALCS NYA 5 23 3 10 2 0 0 12 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .435 .435 .522 .957
1976 WS NYA 4 17 2 9 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .529 .529 .529 1.059
1977 ALCS NYA 5 21 3 6 1 0 1 10 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .286 .273 .476 .749
1977 WS NYA 6 25 4 8 2 0 1 13 3 0 0 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 .320 .370 .520 .890
1978 ALCS NYA 4 18 2 5 1 0 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278 .278 .500 .778
1978 WS NYA 6 25 5 8 3 0 0 11 7 1 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 .320 .393 .440 .833
30 129 19 46 9 0 3 64 22 1 1 5 19 1 0 0 1 4 .357 .378 .496 .874

Thurman Munson's Fielding Statistics

YearTeamPosGGSInnPOAEDPPB
1969 NYA C 25 24 218.0 119 18 2 0 5
1970 NYA C 125 119 1093.0 631 80 8 11 10
1971 NYA OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 NYA C 117 114 1019.0 547 67 1 4 9
1972 NYA C 132 132 1160.0 575 71 15 11 9
1973 NYA C 142 142 1246.0 673 80 12 11 10
1974 NYA C 137 137 1202.2 743 75 22 10 6
1975 NYA 3B 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYA 1B 2 2 17.0 20 0 0 1 0
1975 NYA OF 2 2 17.0 5 0 0 0 0
1975 NYA C 130 129 1131.2 700 95 23 14 9
1976 NYA OF 11 9 83.0 9 0 2 0 0
1976 NYA C 121 118 1062.0 537 78 12 8 12
1977 NYA C 136 136 1158.2 657 73 12 4 10
1978 NYA OF 13 13 118.0 32 0 1 0 0
1978 NYA C 125 126 1063.0 666 61 10 4 8
1979 NYA 1B 3 3 19.0 23 0 0 2 0
1979 NYA C 88 88 754.2 405 44 10 5 5
Career 1B 5 5 36.0 43 0 0 3 0
Career 3B 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
Career C 1278 1265 11108.2 6253 742 127 82 93
Career OF 27 24 219.0 46 0 3 0 0